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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱank-tus, from *ḱank- (“branch”).[1] Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, “plough”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Old East Slavic соха (soxa, “stake, club, brace, plough”), Old Armenian ցախ (cʻax, “branch, twig”), Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā), Persian شاخ (šâx, “branch”).
Noun
*kanxtus m
- plough, plough beam
Declension
| Masculine/feminine u-stem
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| nominative
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*kanxtus
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*kanxtū
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*kanxtowes
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| vocative
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*kanxtu
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*kanxtū
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*kanxtūs
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| accusative
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*kanxtum
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*kanxtū
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*kanxtums
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| genitive
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*kanxtous
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*kanxtous
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*kanxtowom
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| dative
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*kanxtou
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*kanxtubom
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*kanxtubos
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| locative
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*?
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*?
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*?
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| instrumental
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*kanxtū
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*kanxtubim
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*kanxtubis
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Descendants
References
- ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 157
- ^ Vendryes, J. (1937) “Variétés étymologiques”, in Études Celtiques (in French), volume 2, pages 127–36
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